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A review by oboreads
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
4.0
As the New Yorker wrote, "Capote, in a bright, fluttering, wheeling way, makes all the tinsel and confetti and embroidery that bind together such delicate emotions as nostalgia and sentimentality come vigorously to life." I agree wholeheartedly and could not have phrased it better.
I found this copy in the Shakespeare and Company store and was reminded of the short story we read once upon a time in a windowless, high school room with my teacher admiring the word choice of Capote. Re-read it today (along with two other short stories) and fell in love again with the nostalgia that seeps through brightly stories. Capote has a way with language that brings out the beauty of the everyday, while not suffocating the reader with long descriptions. Loved this collection and may read it next Christmas.
I found this copy in the Shakespeare and Company store and was reminded of the short story we read once upon a time in a windowless, high school room with my teacher admiring the word choice of Capote. Re-read it today (along with two other short stories) and fell in love again with the nostalgia that seeps through brightly stories. Capote has a way with language that brings out the beauty of the everyday, while not suffocating the reader with long descriptions. Loved this collection and may read it next Christmas.